The O.C.

Been there, done that.....LOL I had 5 years of Flint.......WOW

Ah.....but Irvine has "Cars and Coffee" every Saturday morning.....held in the parking lot at the Ford PAG building......one helluva car show......as for character, we can hit Laguna Beach for brunch afterwards......(10mins away)

June of 1999.....I cut my ties with GM....! But I didn't hear about C&G until many years later.......

LOL...I know...thanks.... Funny thing is....all those years I actually worked for GM.....there was no C&G....!

SUCH a drama queen.......that one.... LOL

I love the Charger. I'd prolly love a G8 GT even more.....(if it gets the 6-speed manual).....but I think the Charger is one of Chrysler's few recent successes. An SRT-8 Charger is one of the sexiest sedans I've seen is some while......

'08 CTS DI, 6-speed manual, loaded..........and a Z06 for fun. And...BTW....NOS is a HOTTIE in person....for those gay boys on here....he's got it WORKIN'.....(sorry NOS....don't get offended)...that chick he's after better treat him like a GOD....!

I think this is good.....and don't get me wrong....I take nothing away from the current Malibu and AURA hybrids....other than the fact that GM is touting them as "Prius-worthy" (for lack of a better description) when they are not. The two-modes are awesome...... GM just needs to accelerate the game. I just wish the Volt was here NOW.....now THAT would be a major slap in the face of every other carmaker out there.....and a big "slap in the face" is what GM needs right now. (Just like.....where's the Camaro?????)

<bitch slap> Listen Joan Collins....don't f*ck with me..... (j/k)

You know what I've always wanted? And this will sound wierd...... ....but I'd LOVE an original '82 Trans-Am....with those plastic black T/A wheel covers....with the carbeurated (sp?) 5.0L V8 and 4-speed manual. I know they were dog slow.....but god that original '82 F-body was pretty.....and you could probably have some fun working on that simple V8 engine......

We've chatted about this a bunch..... .....and I think it's wierd. My average over 33K miles is between 17-19mpg in mixed driving. And I don't beat the thing to death. Like I said...I HAS to be down to the gearing of the 6-speed manual as opposed to the excellent 5-speed auto. My C6 average was about 22mpg in the same driving. But whatever the reason, I'd still buy another one....it just isn't as good as I thought it would be. As far as the Lambdas, yeah it did suck....and it had miles on it....but I don't care. I don't look at any full-size crossover or SUV and expect wonderful gas mileage. Other than the &#036;h&#33;ty mileage, the Enclave with the 3.6L engine was a slick piece....no beans about it.....

Is he cute? (OMG I'm such a whore....)

It's not a bad idea.....I prefer the F-bodies of that era......but it would be fun to get an old Mustang LX 2-door 5.0.....and work it over......

The funny thing is......hatchback aside (because sedans usually do better here) the Astra is prolly a way-better, more entertaining, and certainly more stylish car than the new Corolla. But that just signifies the strength of the perception "thing" that GM is trying to overcome. Ford gets no passes either. They had a WINNER in the original Focus.....and look what they let happen to that......

Hey.....until we get a country-wide reunion going..... I'd LOVE to host a SoCal gathering....! There's plenty enough of us here.....(of course anyone else outside of CA would be welcome).......I envision a Saturday morning romp to "Cars and Coffee" in Irvine followed by lots of drinking and partying afterwards.......(for those that partake, you see....).....and LOTS of talking about cars.....

<shush>.....he's a car whore too....! Yippee! Although not crazy enough to blog on websites like all of us.....LOL..... (He likes the CTS though.....!) His last car was a Mustang GT that had an aftermarket supercharger kit on it.....but his ex "took it away" from him (but also took the payments too.....LOL.) He wants an old Fox-platform Mustang because he says they are pretty easy to soup-up....? Which is funny....cause he's kinda a "pretty-boy" and I can't see him getting his fingers dirty working on a car....LOL

Ah....YES.... I don't know much about him......prolly not as much as some of you guys.....but I do know that I got QUITE defensive when that poster came on that other thread and was like threatening him.....saying he was gonna turn him into GM and &#036;h&#33;.....

Thanks bud.... I've always said a C&G reunion would be a total hoot......I don't know where we'd have it.....I'd offer to sponser it, but I know $$$ travel to SoCal would be prohibitive for alot of people on here.....but I'd do it if people wanted to....LOL Maybe someone in PA will sponsor it....? Our midwesterners could travel by car easily.....east coasters could travel easily.....and lord knows I have enough frequent flyer miles that I could make it out there with little problem.... .....maybe a reunion....in.... .....Brookville? LOL

Actually just one glass of wine. It was just a good excuse for being emotional.... Although I have poured my first shot of tequila....lol What's "PCS?"

You can last for an hour or more? Where have you been all my life? (j/k) <smooch>

OK.....so I've had some more wine.....so time for my next thread.....LOL So my boyfriend Joe has decided to move down here and move in with me. He lives in Santa Rosa, about 45mins north of San Francisco. We met in early November (online) and he came down on 11-16-07 for his first visit. Since then, he's been down here like 5-6 times. It hasn't been that long.....but..... .....every time we are together, I'm the happiest man alive....and he is too. The last time I moved in with my BF (the "ex") it ended up in disaster for me....emotionally and financially. It was like a text-book case of what NOT to do......I just really hope I don't make the same mistakes. Although Joe is about 180 degrees from the type of person my ex is.....so that bodes well for me....LOL. Joe is 26 and has lived most of his life up in Santa Rosa. His family is also all up there. But Joe was laid off right about the time we met, and his lease on his apt was up, so he moved out and has been with his mom for a few weeks until he decided where he was going to live. My point is....if he is going to make a change in his life, no time is better than now....and I think that, along with hopefully wanting to be with me, has motivated him to start a new life down here in SoCal. I've learned ALOT from my last relationship....and that gives me some comfort in moving forward with this relationship. I don't plan on repeating my mistakes. Part of me says "it's too soon." While another part of me can't stand being apart from him. I can say this.....when he and I are together, I've NEVER felt this way with anyone else I've ever dated or been with. I'd call it "love-at-first-site" and consider him my "soul-mate" if those two phrases weren't so cheesy.....but that's the way we are together. Also....I'm quite the loner. Lord knows I like my time to myself. But whenever he's been down here, I've NEVER had that feeling of having my space "crowded" by him....or that feeling that I need to get away on my own for a bit. I love every minute that he's around me. When he leaves, I miss him before I've even made it back to the parking lot at the airport. Not to get too graphic.....but the first time we had sex, I felt like I truly "made love" for the first time....instead of just f*ck'g. SO....I guess I was just looking for feedback from some of you that have had similar situations. I truly want to make a great home for him. I miss him and really am looking forward to him being here. I just don't wanna f*ck it up.

Well, I don't know what's in me tonight.....maybe it's the glass of wine going to my head.....but I've been going through somewhat of a tough time lately, and while soaking in the hot tub in my complex and drinking my wine, I was thinking about some of the positive things in my life and wierdly so, my mind wandered to C&G. Everyone knows...I'm quite the opinionated critic on here when it comes to cars, but I don't usually post too much personal stuff on here....so here goes..... Now, I'm older (37) than alot of you (most of you?) and I didn't grow up in the internet age. Truth be told, C&G is the ONLY website of this sort that I go on and post comments/blogs to. Lord knows, it seems like it's tough enough to find time to contribute to C&G.....let alone the myriad other sites out there. But I've come to realize that we live in another age today. I met my ex online.....and I met my current BF online.....and I've realized what true enjoyment I get out of my "friends" online here at C&G. Even those of you on here that I banter with the most (ok maybe "fight" is a better word? lol) like Oldsmoboi and CARBIZ.....I still think fondly of you guys and don't think my time on here would be as lively, and yes, enjoyable......if it wasn't for the "back-and-forth" we get into sometimes. Maybe that's what, in the real, non-online world, makes friends stay true. You can have common interests and things that bring you together.....but when you have disagreements, or battles, you can still ultimately look past them. Oldsmoboi....for example....he and I really get into it alot of times. But when he posted about breaking up with his ex a while back, my heart sank for him. I truly felt like I would feel for a friend that had the same thing happen. Sounds like he has someone new in his life now, and I couldn't be happier for him. And Fly.....I don't know where the f*ck that little bastard went, but I miss him. We also went at it alot. But not seeing him on here makes me feel....I don't know....sad?.....as it sounds like alot of you also feel.... Am I alone in thinking this way? Do I need to "get a life" because I'm thinking about "friends" that I've never even met in person? Maybe I'm just psycho? Who knows.... Then there was that brief chance to meet NOS in person at NAIAS. We only had about 30mins to hang.....but it was so cool to actually meet someone that I'd been chatting with for so long. Even though maybe NOS and I didn't chat or banter that much with each other, it was still really cool to <gasp> shake his actual hand...! LOL. He's a sweetheart.....and even after just meeting him in person for 30mins, when I see him posts things like about the girl he loves, I kinda feel like I can relate....just that little bit more....it's wierd.... So....I'm not going anywhere....but I just wanted to slap down some feelings on here. We're all on here for a reason....and I hope none of us ever take for granted what our "friendships" on C&G have brought us.....

OK....I had some of these 80's cars.....but in a perverted sense, loved every one of them..... 1980 Chevrolet Citation 5-door hatchback. My first car...! Gold with beige cloth, non-split-bench seat. At least it had the 2.8L V6 (with a roaring 110hp) but funny is even at the time, it seemed like it was decently quick. I flipped the whitewalls inside-out and yanked off the catalytic converter. 1984 Buick Skylark T-Type. I loved this car....with the "H.O." V6 and that DORKY bar-strip digital tachometer that they stuck up at the top of the gauge cluster! LOL. 1989 Buick Skyhawk Coupe. NOW this will always be one of my favorite cars ever. My first new car too. By '89, they had done away with the "T-Type" name....but this was, in effect, a "T-Type" coupe Skyhawk. The only options I had on it was A/C and the "T" package, which gave you the "Shelby" 14-inch aluminum wheels, huge Eagle GT tires, concealed headlamps, sport steering wheel, and sport suspension. It was also a 5-speed...! It wasn't too bad of a driver.....by 1989, it had the upgraded TBI Chevy 2.0L L4 and although it was still a pushrod, I think it had somewhere in the neighborhood of 110hp? Ironically, it went 84K miles with nary a single problem....nor did I have to put a clutch in it or anything. After that, I moved into the '90s.....trading in the Skyhawk for a......<gasp>......1991 Saturn SL1 sedan!!!!!!!! It also had a 5-speed. Interestingly, I remember going from the Skyhawk to the Saturn and thinking about how much the Saturn truly DID feel like an import. Even with the small wheels/tires on the SL1 version, it handled tighter and crisper than my "T" Skyhawk.....and the base OHC engine, with only 88hp, felt peppier than the pushrod 2.0L I had in the 'Hawk. The interior also felt way more import-like. Also had no problems with the Saturn. Alas.....

A base 1982 Chevy Camaro or Pontiac Firebird powered by the 2.5L "Iron Duke" L4...........

Yeah....it didn't surprise me..... The 3.6L in my CTS gets only 17-19mpg in mixed driving.....it's a fine engine....but hook it up to a 5,000lb SUV and I don't care how many gears are in the tranny....it's gonna suck gas..... I've noticed there's a HUGE difference between EPA ratings and real-world mileage. It's pretty pointless to have a debate on here discussing EPA ratings among competitive cars....